Surf these sites: Dam-Reservoir Impact & Information Archive: DRIIA -- Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links. FERC Office of Hydropower Licensing -- U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses hydroelectric projects in the United States Frequently Asked Questions - Hydro Electric -- Part of Jade Mountain Inc. website. Hydropower Reform Coalition -- coalition of national (U.S.), state, and local conservation and recreation organizations working to reform national hydropower policies and achieve improvements to rivers altered by hydropower dams. Hydropower in Hawaii -- Hydroelectric Energy in Hawaii International Centre for Hydropower -- ICH promotes the development and utilization of hydroelectric power resources through education and training, project development, energy conservation and courses and seminars in environmental management. Microhydropower site by Wim Klunne -- Information on run-of-the-river micro hydropower. Includes the microhydro discussion group, microhydro basics and plenty of links. Model for Tennessee Rivers Adapted to Montana Project -- River modeling used to support policy decisions on relicensing of hydroelectric dams by assessing impacts on fish populations. Newmills Hydro -- Overview of waterpower electricity generation. Text, photgraphs, graphs and diagrams. Provided as a resource, by company furnishing all machinery and equipment and expertise needed to produce electric power in commercially viable quantities (up to 25 mW) since 1986. TVA Hydroelectric Generation -- Information from Tennessee Valley Authority: "What is Hydroelectric Power?" and Ocoee River dams. U.S. DOE Hydropower Program -- Website provides hydropower facts and information on tech transfer, state resource assessment, hydro R&D, environmental concerns, advanced hydropower turbines. An annotated bibiography is included. Water Power Primer -- for adults and kids, from Centre for Alternative Technology Water Power: Info on Hydroelectricity, Water Power, Dams... -- Introduction to the subject, including hydroelectric dams, waterwheels, ocean heat power, wave power, etc.
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